A record-setting 1,204-person crowd saw sophomore centre Noah Daoust spearhead McGill’s 76-69 victory over Laval in the semi-finals of the RSEQ Final Four. Redmen Head Coach DeAveiro strongly emphasized the raucous atmosphere and the talent on display. “This is the way it should be on campus I think.” DeAveiro said.[Read More…]
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Know Your Athlete: Melodie Daoust
Melodie Daoust is very busy. Jan. 8, half a day removed from captaining the Canadian Women’s Development team to a gold in Germany, the Senior physical education major stepped onto the ice in Martlet uniform to face Concordia. “It is a lot of organization when you play for two teams,[Read More…]
The Sport Authority EP. 4: Recapping the NBA trade deadline
[audiotrack title=”The Sport Authority Ep. 4: Recapping the NBA trade deadline” songwriter=”Zikomo Smith and Arman Bery” date=”February 27, 2016″ width=”700″ height=”200″ src=”https://24f2041bb5b609d25f1a97039f71682cc9154421.googledrive.com/host/0B9rQxTeDv2duM0FmSjBSYkZFS1k/NBA%20trade%20deadline%20podcast%20%28final%29.mp3″ autoplay=”on”] The NBA trade deadline last week saw little activity; teams were more conservative given next year’s salary cap increase, and most moves aimed to consolidate picks for[Read More…]
The away games: Martlets and Redmen at Concordia
Redmen Hockey The Redmen (21-6-1) endured a 4-2 upset defeat against the Stingers (10-12-6) last Friday at Ed Meagher Arena. The defeat ended McGill’s five-game run of victories over Concordia, and provided a preview to their three game OUA East playoff quarter-finals series next Wednesday. Concordia outplayed the Redmen for[Read More…]
The Sport Authority EP. 3: Super Bowl 50 preview — Carolina Panthers vs. Denver Broncos
[audiotrack title=”The Sport Authority Ep. 3: Super Bowl 50 preview” songwriter=”Zikomo Smith and Joe Khammar” date=”February 4, 2016″ width=”700″ height=”200″ src=”https://24f2041bb5b609d25f1a97039f71682cc9154421.googledrive.com/host/0B9rQxTeDv2duM0FmSjBSYkZFS1k/Copy%20of%20Superbowl%2050%20%28final%29.mp3″ autoplay=”on”] A record breaking number of viewers are expected to tune in to an intriguing Super Bowl matchup this weekend. The explosive Carolina Panthers will take on one of[Read More…]
Snow Cricket World Cup comes to Montreal
Cricket, the world’s most popular bat and ball game, normally takes place in temperate, sunny climates. The coldest matches are usually found on blustery April mornings in Lancashire, England or in Dunedin, New Zealand—players can be seen wearing two sweaters, and clutching hand warmers in their pockets. The Snow Cricket[Read More…]
Basketball: No.2 ranked McGill grind past Laval 69-58
McGill Redmen 69 Laval Rouge et Or 58 With 30 seconds to go at Love Competition Hall on Thursday, junior swingman Michael Peterkin dunked on an outlet pass to sign off the McGill Redmen’s (5-0) 69-58 victory over the Laval Rouge et Or (3-4). The slam brought the crowd to[Read More…]
Questioning Coding: The rise of coding raises as many questions as it answers
The 21st Century is the age of nerds. It might be an overplayed think-piece trope, but smart people are a huge part of popular culture—no longer stuffy personalities stuck in an ivory tower. This phenomenon is happening concurrently with the infiltration of data, analytics, and technology in life, as well as the code[Read More…]
Montreal out-shoot McGill in thrilling shoot-out
Is this one of the tightest RSEQ regular season hockey races in recent memory? “Absolutely,” Head Coach Peter Smith said after McGill’s hard fought 1-2-shootout loss to Montreal on Sunday in McConnell Arena. The first place Montreal Carabins (8-3-1) are only two points ahead of the third place McGill Martlets[Read More…]
Hockey: Martlets power past Ravens to move above .500
McGill Martlets 2 Carleton Ravens 0 The McGill Martlets (4-3-0) finally broke out of their power play slump when senior defenceman Brittney Fouracres second period slap-shot found the back of the Carleton Ravens’ (2-5-0) net in McGill’s 2-0 victory on Sunday at McConnell Arena. This is the first time McGill[Read More…]
